AN UNUSUAL KHORASSAN SILVER INLAID BRONZE DROP-SHAPED DISH

NORTH EAST PERSIA, 12TH CENTURY

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AN UNUSUAL KHORASSAN SILVER INLAID BRONZE DROP-SHAPED DISH
NORTH EAST PERSIA, 12TH CENTURY
Heavily cast with flat base, the sides rising and slightly sloping in to the everted flat rim, the centre with a silver inlaid continuous knot roundel with stem below rising to a spreading terminal above, the upper edge of the rim inlaid with a band of rope-motif, rich red patination, silver all remaining
5¾in. (14.5cm.) long

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